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howitzer

UK/ˈhaʊ.ɪts.ə(ɹ)//ˈhaʊ.ɪts.əɹ/

howitzer noun: a cannon that combines certain characteristics of field guns and mortars, delivering projectiles with medium velocities, usually with relatively high trajectories; normally a cannon with a tube length of 20 to 30 calibers.

howitzer: a cannon that combines certain characteristics of field guns and mortars, delivering projectiles...
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Noun

howitzer (plural howitzers)

  1. A cannon that combines certain characteristics of field guns and mortars, delivering projectiles with medium velocities, usually with relatively high trajectories; normally a cannon with a tube length of 20 to 30 calibers.
  2. A powerfully hit shot.
    • Belgium took a little while to catch Scotland with the first of the howitzer blows, but when the first one landed there was a certainty of more. Many more.2018 September 7, Tom English, “Scotland 0-4 Belgium”, in BBC Sport

Verb

howitzer (third-person singular simple present howitzers, present participle howitzering, simple past and past participle howitzered)

  1. (transitive) To attack with a howitzer.

howitzer meaning in Tamil, Pashto, Indonesian and Vietnamese

howitzer in Tamil

தெறோச்சி, பீரங்கி

howitzer in Pashto

howitzer
اوبوس obús

howitzer in Indonesian

a cannon
howitzer

howitzer in Vietnamese

a cannon
lựu pháo

Forms of howitzer

Noun
pluralhowitzers
Verb
third-person singular presenthowitzers
present participlehowitzering
past participlehowitzered
pasthowitzered

Origin of howitzer

Borrowed from Dutch houwitser, from German Haubitze, from Middle High German haufniz, from Czech houfnice, which was derived from houf (“flock, crowd”) + -nice. The Czech noun houf comes from Middle High German hufe (“heap”), from Old High German hūfo.

Words formed from howitzer

Questions about howitzer

What does howitzer mean?
Howitzer means a cannon that combines certain characteristics of field guns and mortars, delivering projectiles with medium velocities, usually with relatively high trajectories; normally a cannon with a tube length of 20 to 30 calibers.
What is howitzer in Tamil?
Howitzer in Tamil is தெறோச்சி, பீரங்கி. See Howitzer meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is howitzer?
Howitzer can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce howitzer?
Howitzer is pronounced /ˈhaʊ.ɪts.ə(ɹ)/ (UK).
What is the plural of howitzer?
The plural of howitzer is howitzers.

Words near howitzer in the dictionary

  1. Howingtons
  2. Howison
  3. Howitt
  4. Howitt Plains
  5. howitz
  6. howitzer
  7. howitzered
  8. howitzering
  9. howitzerlike
  10. howitzers
  11. howitzes

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: howitzer (page history and authors); howitzer (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); اوبوس (Pashto) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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